Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 March 1887

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丁亥年二月廿三
丁亥 (Dinghai) · Year of the Pig · 癸卯 辛巳
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1887-03-21
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for children · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building a granary · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Praying for blessings · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Starting school · Haircut · Setting up carpentry trestles

Avoid

Travel · Fasting and Taoist rites · Burial · Weddings

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶床 外正西
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǎng wáng · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
01:00–02:59己丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
05:00–06:59辛卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
07:00–08:59壬辰Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59癸巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59甲午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
17:00–18:59丁酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59庚子Golden Coffer

The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
17 March 1887
Julian calendar
5 March 1887 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dinghai year (Pig), month 2, day 23
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4220, month 2, day 23
Hebrew calendar
21 Adar 5647 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
22 Jumada al-Akhirah 1304 AH
Ethiopian calendar
9 Megabit 1879 EC
Coptic calendar
9 Paremhat 1603 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
26 Phalguna 1808 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 20, March 17
Minguo calendar
17 March, 25 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.13.12.7.5 11 Chikchan 18 Pax
Aztec calendars
11 Coatl (serpent), 12 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
1 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2635 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. III Non. Mart., 2640 AUC